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Long before "Frozen" and John Travolta made her famous, Idina Menzel was a certifiable Broadway star with enough box-office clout to open a show. On Sunday, the Tony Award-winning actress, who has appeared in the hit musicals "Rent" and "Wicked," officially returned to Broadway for the first time in a decade, heading up the new musical "If/Then." "If/Then," which was written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning team from "Next to Normal," follows a thirtysomething woman's alternative destinies -- "Sliding Doors"-style -- in modern-day New York. Menzel previously played the lead...

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Long before "Frozen" and John Travolta made her famous, Idina Menzel was a certifiable Broadway star with enough box-office clout to open a show. On Sunday, the Tony Award-winning actress, who has appeared in the hit musicals "Rent"...

Adele Dazeem was a big hit at the Academy Awards when she sang "Let It Go" from the Oscar-winning Disney animated movie "Frozen." And now the exotically named actress will be headlining a Broadway musical.
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Riding a wave of publicity following her appearance at last week's Oscars ceremony, where her mispronounced name instantly became an Internet meme, Idina Menzel saw robust business at her new Broadway musical, "If/Then," which began performances...

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The Ovation Awards, L.A.'s biggest theater honors, were handed out Sunday at a ceremony at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.
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Since her Tony Award-winning turn as Elphaba in the blockbuster musical "Wicked," Idina Menzel has spent most of her time away from Broadway. The actress has guest-starred on "Glee," played a supporting role in the movie...

Fans can soon get more of "Magic Mike": The unlikely hit stripper film staring Channing Tatum and inspired by the actor's life is Broadway bound.
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The coming week looks like it will be an extremely busy one for actress Idina Menzel.
The "Wicked" and "Rent" veteran is scheduled to sing "Let It Go" from the Disney animated movie "Frozen" on Sunday at the...

The Tony-winning talent behind "In the Heights," "Next to Normal" and "Avenue Q," among other recent musical hits, is converging at the Ahmanson Theatre, where "Bring It On: The Musical" begins a national tour this week that no one says is headed to Broadway -

Les Waters, associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, will be the next artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville. The appointment reverses the Kentucky to California route taken by Marc Masterson, who left Actors Theatre in May after n

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